Awning



Oct. 4, 1932. MCCANLIS 1,881,366

AWNING Filed Oct. 19, 1931 3 Sheets-Sheet l Oct. 4, 1932. MOCANLIS1,881,366

AWNING Filed om. 19, 1951 5 Sheets-Sheet 2 Hill A A M.

I Oct. 4, 1932. A. T. MCCANLIS AWNING Filed Oct. 19, 1931 I5Sheets-Sheet 3 Fig. 15. I Figgl- V 2 Patented Oct. 4, 1932 erase ALBERTT. MCCANLIS, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK AWNING Applicationfiled October 19,1931. Serial No. 569,756. 7

The object of this invention is to provide an awning of simpleconstruction which may be easily operated and in which the awnlng fabricwill be held taut when the awning is I 3 lowered and will automaticallyfold fiat against the side of the building the awning is raised. Anotherobjectof the invention is to provide means whereby the awning may beeasily operated without the pro- "in vision of the usual ropes andpulleys and i is desired, or dismounted, when its use is no longerconsidered necessary. Other objects of the invention will appearincidentally in the course of the following description, and theinvention resides in certain novel fea- I tures which will behereinafter first fully described and then more particularly defined inthe appended claims. In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is aperspective View of an awn- 5 ing embodying the invention and'in itslowered position.

Fig. 2 is a vertical section showing the awning lowered in full linesand raisedin dotted lines, Fig. 8 is a front elevation of a portion ofthe awning showing the same in its fully raised position, I Fig. 4; is avertical section on the line 4 4 of Fig. 3, r Fig. 5 is an enlargeddetail View of the locking device shown in Fig. 2, Fig. 6 is an enlargeddetail horizontal tion on the line 6-6 of- Fig. 5,

Fig. 7 is a perspective View showing the several parts of the lockingmechanism dis assembled but in their proper relative positions,

Fig. 8 is an enlarged detail section of the 45 lower portion of theawning,

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Fig. 9 is a perspective view showing a variation,

Fig. 10 is an enlarged detail section on the line 1010 of Fig. 9, V I

Fig. 11 is an enlarged perspective view of the operating and holdingdevice shown in Fig. 9,

Fig. 12 is a'detail perspective view of a portion of the frame-holdingmember illustrated in Fig. 11.

The awning of the present invention is especially adapted for use uponwindows having screens and may be employed whether the screen is on theoutside of the window or on the inside. The form of the inventionillustrated in Figs. 1 to 7 is especially adapted to use upon windowshaving outside screens and, in said figures, the reference numeral 1indicates a portion of a side of a house or other building, the numeral2 indicates a window frame and the numeral '3 indicates a screen whichis secured upon the outside of the window. In carrying out the presentinvention, a series of hooks 4 is secured in the screen frame, acrossthe top of the same, and at the top of the awning is provided a suspending rod 5 formed into eyes 6, at intervals in its length, which areadapted to engage over the hooks i and thereby suspend the awning,asshown and as will be understood. The awning fabric 7 may be canvas orany of the materials ordinarily employed in awnings and may beornamented according to the taste of the owner. A'hem 8 ;is

formed along the upper end edge of the awning fabric and receives thesuspending rod 5, openings being formed through the fold of the hem atintervals corresponding .to the spacing of the eyes 6 so that the saideyes may project through the hem in order to engage the suspending hooks4. Near the lower end of the fabric, a fold 9 is formed trans verselythereof to encircle the outer cross portion 10 of a U-shaped frame, theside members 11 of which passto the stiles of the screen frame and enteropenings therein to be pivotally supported. The lower end portion of theawning fabric extends below the fold 9 and may be scalloped or otherwisefinished in order to provide a somewhat ornamental flap 1.2 as a finishfor the awning. Above the fold 9, the awning is provided with stud andsocket snap fasteners, indicated at 13, in any desired number, wherebythe inner extension 14 of the fold 9 may be detachably held to the mainportion of the awning, above the member 10, so that, while the awningfabric will be held taut by the frame, and will follow the movements ofthe same, in

7 raising or lowering, it may be easily detached from the frame whenrepairs or replacements are necessary.

As stated, the side members of the awning frame are extended into thestiles of the screen frame and these stiles are provided with verticallyextending recesses 15 in their outer sides to accommodate the sidemembers of the frame, when the frame is raised. The inner extremities ofthe side members 11 are turned at right angles to form journals 16rotatably fitting in openings provided therefor through the screen framestiles, as will be understood, and formed or secured upon the journalsare heads or'disks 17 which are disposed close against the inner sidesof the screen frame and are provided with circumferentially' spacedradial shoulders 18 defining a recess in which a stud 19, on theoperating handle 20, may play. The common expedient of fitting a bushingin the opening or bearing to receive the journal and minimize wear maybe adopted, if desired, and this arrangement has the further advantagethat if the stile should swell the journal would remain free to rotate.The handle 20 is located adjacent and at the inner side of the disk orenlargement 17 and has a hub member 21 which encircles an annular flange22 on the side of the disk 17 and may rotate about the same. Theextremity of the journal 16 isthreaded, as shown at 23, and on the sideof the hub 21 is formed or secured a nut 2 1 which will engage thethreaded extremity of the journal and will tend to ride along the same.Spaced outwardly from the hub 21 and the stud. 19, a second stud 25 isprovided on the side of the handle 20 and this stud 25 is adapted toengage a holding device provided on the screen stile whereby to lock thehandle in either the raised or the lowered position. This holding deviceconsists of a base plate or bracket 26 which is secured upon the cornerof the stile, one of said brackets being provided above the journal andanother below the ournal with thejournal midway the brackets. At itsinner end, the bracket 26 is doubled upon itself, as shown at 27, toform a lap or socket in which may be received one end of a resilientlatch plate 28, the engaged extremity of the latch plate being rivetedor otherwise firmly secured to the base plate or bracket. The free endof the latch plate is deflected, as clearly shown in Figs. 6 and 7, sothat a beveled or obliquely disposed surface is presented to the stud 25as it rides on the plate and the plate will be thereby pushed to oneside, as shown in Fig. 6, in'order that the stud may ride along thelatch plate and engage the opening 29 provided therein. When the stud 25reaches a position in alinement with the opening 29, the latch'plateimmediately springs into engagement with the stud so that the handlewill be held in the set position. It will thus be seen that the handlewill be firmly held in either a raised or lowered position and it may benoted also, by reference to Fig. 2, that the handle will be held in avertical position whether it is raised or lowered and, in operation,will be swung through one-half a revolution. The awning frame 11, in itslowered position, extends horizontally outwardly from the screen frameor the side of the building and in its raised position will extendsubstantially vertically against theside of the building so that it willmove through only onefourth of a revo lution and, in order toaccommodate this difference in movement between the handle and theframe, the stud 19 and the spaced shoulders 18 are provided. Assumingthe awning to be lowered, as shown in Fig. 2, the stud 19 will be inengagement with the upper shoulder 18 which extends vertically. When theawning is to be raised, the handle'will be swung downwardly throughone-quarter of a revolution before it imparts any movement to the awningframe and, at the end of this quarter turn,'the stud 19 will'engage thelower shoulder 18 which, at this time, extends hori- Zontally, and thecontinued movement of the handle will then impart an upward swingingmovement to the awning frame, as will be understood. Of course, areverse action occurs when the awning is lowered. Thusthe handle ineither position will be within the lines of the stile and is not apt tobe accidentally released.

A swin ing folder or auxiliary frame 30 is mounte on the cross bar 10 ofthe awning frame, to swing about the same, and said auxiliary frameconsists of a bail provided in its end or' side members with kinks orbends 31 which engage the cross bar 10, as

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shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 4, and may rock the same to the verticalposition but is re- 11".;

sisted by the engagement of the major portion of the frame with theunderside of the awning fabric, shown in Figs 1 and 2, but the weight ofthe auxiliary frame. added to the main awning frame, holds the awningtaut so that it will cover the window to its fullest extent and therebygive the desired shade. As the awning frame swings upwardly when theawning is to be raised, the fabric 7 tends to sag between the cross bar10 of the awning frame and the suspension hooks l, as will be evidentupon reference to Fig. l. This sagging of the awning fabric relieves thetension upon the upper portionof the auxiliary frame 30 and,consequently, said frame swings toward the vertical and assumes theupright position, shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 2, thereby forming afold in the awning so that, as the awning frame reaches its uppermostposition, the awning will be neatly folded at the top of the window, asshown in Fig. l.

When the window is not provided with a screen, or is provided with aninside screen, the mounting, shown in Figs. 9 to 12, will preferably beemployed. This mounting includes rightangular brackets 33 which aresecured upon the outside portions of the stiles of the window frame andare provided with boxes or sleeves 34 constituting bearings for theournals 16 of the awning frame. To the outer end of each box 84 issecured a locking plate 85, which is conveniently of the semi-circularform shown most clearly in Fig. 12, and upon its outer face is providedwith radial grooves 36 in which the adjacent side member 11 of theawning frame may be engaged so that the frame will be held in either itsraised or lowered position. It will be noted that two of the ver ticallyextending grooves are provided, thus permitting the locking plate 35 tobe used at either the right or the left side of the window. Theoperating handle 20 is provided and rotates upon the hub extension 22 ofthe disk 17 in the same manner as in the first-described form and thenut 24: rides upon the threaded end of the journal so that the journalwill be drawn endwise through the bearing box 34 and, consequently, theside member 11 will be drawn into engagement with the proper groove 36.In this form of the invention, the resilient latch plates 28 will bedispensed with and the locking of the awning in its raised position willbe accomplished by the engagement of the awning frame with a groove 36,as stated. When the awning is raised, the nut 24 will have been causedto move away from the box 34 and the disk 17 but it may be manuallyturned so as to effect the re-enga-gement of the awning frame in aholding groove.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, it will be seen that I have provided an the sheetoffabric and fold exceedingly simple and inexpensive awning which may beeasily operated and readily dismounted when its use is to bediscontinued and just aseasily suspendedin place when its usev isdesired. The'usual ropes and pulleys are dispensed with and the awningis positively held in its raised position and, when it is :raised, willbe automatically folded flat against the side of the building.

Having thus described the invention, I claim,

1. An awning comprising a sheet of fabric, means for suspending saidsheet at its upper end, an awning frame engaged with the lower endportion of the sheet of fabric, means for 1.

pivotally mounting the awning frame at the sides of-an opening to beshaded, and an auxiliary frame rockingly mounted on the awning frame toengage the underside of awning is raised. i

2. An awning comprising a sheet of fabric, means at the upper end of thesheet for suspending the same, an awning frame engaged with the lowerend portion of the sheet of I fabric and pivotally mounted at the sidesof an opening over which the awning is to extend, and an auxiliary framecarried by the awning frame and mounted to rock thereon and having itsmajor portion bearing against the inner side of-the sheet of fabric andhaving extensions depending below the awning framewhereby, as the awningframe is raised, the auxiliary frame will rock to a vertical positionand will fold the sheet is the underside of the sheet of fabric, and de-M tachable fasteners holding opposed portions of the sheet togetherabove the engaged portions of the awning frame and the auxiliary frame.

4:. An awning comprising a sheet of material provided with suspensionmeans at its upper end, an awning frame connected with the lower endportion of the sheet of material and having its ends pivotally mountedat the sides of an opening which is to be shaded,

handles having lost motion eonnectionswith the ends of the awning frame,and means for locking the awning frame in its raised or loweredposition.

5. An awning comprising a sheet of fabric provided with suspension meansat its upper the same as the end, an awning frame engagedwith the lowerend portion of the sheet of fabric and having its ends pivotally mountedat the sides of an opening which is to be shaded, disks secured .on theend portions of the frame and having circumferentially extendingrecesses with radial shoulders at the ends of the recesses, handlemembers mounted on the end portions of the awning frame and providedwith studs engaging in said recesses and playing between said shoulders,and locking means cooperating with the handles and the side members ofthe awning frame.

6.- An awning comprising a sheetof fabric provided with suspensiondevices at its upper end, an awning frame engaged with the lower endportion of the sheet of fabric and having its ends pivotally supportedat the sides of an opening which is to be shaded, handles having lostmotion connections with the ends of the awning frame, and locking platesto be engaged by the sides of the awning frame for holding the frame inraised position.

7. An awning comprising a sheet of fabric provided with suspensiondevices at its upper end, an awning frame engaged with the lower endportion of the sheet of fabric and 7 having its ends pivotally supportedat the sides of an opening which is to be shaded, handles having lostmotion connections with the ends of the awning frame, and means co-.

operating with the handles for holding the same in the raised or loweredpositions.

' In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature.

ALBERT T, MOCANLIS. [L. s]

